total ignorance

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandignorance

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total
adjective
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/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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ignorance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɪɡ.nər.əns/us
/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/
lack of knowledge, understanding, or information ...
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(Definition oftotalandignorancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal ignorance

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The bottom state istotalignoranceabout all cells.
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But remain so without at the same usually he'll betray histotalignoranceand lack of sophistitime becoming petrified.
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I believe that a great deal of the present misunderstanding stems from atotalignoranceof profit.
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This revealed atotalignoranceof the car trade which was quite astonishing.
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In so doing, they display atotalignoranceof the subject, which is frightening when one considers that they aspire to rule the country.
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That betrays atotalignoranceabout primary health care.
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No one is suggesting that everyone should start from a position oftotalignorance.
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I am not intotalignoranceof this type of legislation.
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The only thing that this kind of statement proves is that the speaker has atotalignoranceof statistical or scientific method.
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That goes to show thetotalignoranceon these matters.
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I would not use the termtotalignorance.
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As he and his noble friend have admitted many times, they are intotalignoranceon this point.
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Among employers in small and medium-size firms, there is atotalignoranceof the main provisions of the legislation.
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I view some of the pleas oftotalignorancewith a degree of incredulity.
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He betrays atotalignoranceof the position.
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In other words, a person may have his card stolen and may be intotalignoranceof that for an almost unlimited period.
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The prisoner is kept intotalignoranceof these regulations.
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Intotalignoranceof the legal bar, they approached the local vicar, who was equally ignorant.
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Much of the debate was conducted on the basis oftotalignorance.
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The kindest comment about that statement is that it was made intotalignorance.
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